Researcher develops screening tool to identify patients with prediabetes
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
A third of Americans with diabetes do not know that they have it, and many more who have prediabetic conditions are unaware that they are at risk. A University of Missouri researcher has created a clinical tool to identify those at highest risk for having undetected hyperglycaemia, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and undiagnosed diabetes. If these conditions are identified early, patients may benefit from preventative strategies that can minimise progression to diabetes, other diseases and mortality...